This week’s fresh listings:

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Additions to www.HistoryInCoins.com for week commencing Tuesday 25th March 2025

WMH-9114 (F.LIM): Henry 1st Hammered Silver Norman Penny - Choice Portrait. Quadrilateral on Cross Fleury, B.M.C. XV type, Spink 1276. +EST[MVN]D:ON:LVND - London mint; Eastmund as moneyer. A rarer moneyer - only seven examples listed on the excellent EMC database. Attractive dark toning and a spectacular portrait of Henry 1st 'Beauclerc' who was actually only the fourth son of William 1st. The Empress Matilda was Henry's daughter (along with many illegitimate children), thus the blood line is obvious although with Henry seizing the English throne over his elder brothers, the precedent was perhaps already there for Stephen?! From a good collection. An outstanding Norman penny. £1,395

Provenance

ex Spink

ex Frank Limouze

WSC-9115: Rare Scottish Alexander III type VII Hammered Silver Penny. First coinage, 1250-80 but close to the very end of this period. ANDREV:ON:R (Andrews) of Roxburgh. Spink 5047. The entire reign was prosperous, even though Alexander succeeded his father at just seven years of age. The reign was cut short when Alexander rode his horse off a cliff aged just 44 (the king, not the unfortunate horse). A rare coin but possibly trumped by the grade. This type VII is the first I've ever handled (along with the type VIII that I also have) in all the decades. £445

WMH-9116: Edward 1st Hammered Silver Penny. Rose on breast - class 7a. London mint. Spink 1403. One of the most iconic Edward 1st New Coinage types; better still with superb toning and a Very Fine grade. Edward 1st pennies are readily available but this coin is in a different league to those. A lovely example. £225

Provenance

ex Northern collection, purchased...

ex Sovereign Rarities (£200)

WTH-9117: Extremely Rare Elizabeth 1st Hammered Shilling. Initial mark Martlet, second issue, 1560-61. What makes this a very rare coin indeed is a combination of grade and the fact that this coin is a contemporary counterfeit. The base metal core of the coin is evident where blistering over the centuries has occurred, as well as on the edge. This would have been laminated with a decent silver plating, but obviously the combined metal value would have been much lower than an actual shilling, which is where the counterfeiter would have made his money. I've seen two or three of these over the years and without exception, the extant silver plate is virtually non-existant. This coin retains 98% of the original silvering. Better still is the die with which they struck the prepared blank to create the actual coin. Clearly this would have been a non-official, hand-made die, copying the official 3C bust, but the workmanship is truly outstanding - astonishing, in fact. This would fool many people today, bar the base metal blisters, and would surely have fooled everyone back in the day! I have never seen the like before, both in the quality of the die used and also in the almost unbelievable grade of the coin, not just in the 1560's, when this coin would have hit the streets of London but today, 460 years on! I can't remember the last time I came across a coin that excited me, was in exceptionally good grade, and was relatively inexpensive. £365